This a clean political view of the problem and I agree that this strategy is the only one to keep the U.S. in control.
The U.S. should educate it's lower social classes and give them accessible health care so that they get learn to respect something else than the guns and money.
There is a point that has never been made regarding the H-1B status and the permanent residency.
When you are under H-1B and applying for the permanent residency, you are most of the time bound to the company because the company also sponsors your permanent residency. This means that changing employer (and H-1B) also implies to re-apply for permanent residency from scratch.
This is the one main loophole in the U.S. immigration laws that should be fixed. Self sponsored permanent residency applications should be made simpler and cheaper so that the "H-1B" status would only be a temporary one, as it was meant to be. This way, salaries would not be kept artificially low by ring buffering company-bound foreign nationals. If someone doesn't fit in the U.S. system, it would probably show up after a few years, wouldn't it ?
Also, the "high tech jobs are not in short supply" doesn't hold at all. Very highly skilled people did not choose to have those jobs, it is usually a vocation. You can not compete with someone that doesn't work for the money only. Anyone that can not understand this should not try to get a tech carreer, he will end up thinking and acting like some of the zombies that polute this discussion.
Such practices of public information reaches the bottom of ethics. This is no better than MSNBC's coverage of the Monica's "scandal".
Slashdot was supposed to be a symbol of the Linux community, an advocate for tolerance and "stuff that matters".
There is always a bit of xenophobia in any national information channel, and having an out of context link to such information is often like opening a Pandora box.
People lobbying for a French Meridian or planting any nationalistic ideas into young people's mind are all from the same vermin. Those same people exist in all countries and should be the our common enemy. They are the same ones who say that you must pay for your human basic needs (college, health care... Operating System).
The Linux movement goes in the opposite direction, and is of course immediately, wrongfully and intentionally tagged with a "commie" reputation.
Many people who commented today should understand that in a certain context, humor is a double-edged weapon and that an anonymous flame can actually ignite things out of control.
The community is at a crucial stage of it's life. Many eyes are directed to it while some of it's most notorious names (RedHat, Cygnus, VAR) are trying to control the delicate alchemy of business and public service.
This is also valid for the SlashDot team and I hope that those words will reach them in some way.
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This a clean political view of the problem and I agree that this strategy is the only one to keep the U.S. in control.
The U.S. should educate it's lower social classes and give them accessible health care so that they get learn to respect something else than the guns and money.
There is a point that has never been made regarding the H-1B status and the permanent residency.
When you are under H-1B and applying for the permanent residency, you are most of the time bound to the company because the company also sponsors your permanent residency. This means that changing employer (and H-1B) also implies to re-apply for permanent residency from scratch.
This is the one main loophole in the U.S. immigration laws that should be fixed. Self sponsored permanent residency applications should be made simpler and cheaper so that the "H-1B" status would only be a temporary one, as it was meant to be. This way, salaries would not be kept artificially low by ring buffering company-bound foreign nationals. If someone doesn't fit in the U.S. system, it would probably show up after a few years, wouldn't it ?
Also, the "high tech jobs are not in short supply" doesn't hold at all. Very highly skilled people did not choose to have those jobs, it is usually a vocation. You can not compete with someone that doesn't work for the money only. Anyone that can not understand this should not try to get a tech carreer, he will end up thinking and acting like some of the zombies that polute this discussion.
SN/
Guys,
Such practices of public information reaches
the bottom of ethics. This is no better than
MSNBC's coverage of the Monica's "scandal".
Slashdot was supposed to be a symbol of the
Linux community, an advocate for tolerance
and "stuff that matters".
There is always a bit of xenophobia in any
national information channel, and having an
out of context link to such information is often
like opening a Pandora box.
People lobbying for a French Meridian or
planting any nationalistic ideas into young
people's mind are all from the same vermin.
Those same people exist in all countries and
should be the our common enemy. They are the
same ones who say that you must pay for your
human basic needs (college, health care...
Operating System).
The Linux movement goes in the opposite
direction, and is of course immediately,
wrongfully and intentionally tagged with a
"commie" reputation.
Many people who commented today should
understand that in a certain context, humor is
a double-edged weapon and that an anonymous
flame can actually ignite things out of control.
The community is at a crucial stage of it's life.
Many eyes are directed to it while some of it's
most notorious names (RedHat, Cygnus, VAR)
are trying to control the delicate alchemy of
business and public service.
This is also valid for the SlashDot team and I
hope that those words will reach them in some
way.